Bowling

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219 US Colleges sponsor varsity Bowling teams:
 # of teamsTotal AthletesAverage team sizeScholarship limit Average Scholarship *
DivisionSchoolsMen'sWomen'sMenWomenMen'sWomen'sMenWomenMenWomen
NCAA I37-37-360-10-11-17,917
NCAA II431543143403109-5-8,543
NCAA III3483456330710--
NAIA6966689988171512558,0377,654
NJCAA3231312281727612121,0291,675
Other434222476--
Totals2191232171,4462,1071210

Bowling is an official NCAA sport for women and is an equivalency sport for NCAA II scholarship purposes, so partial scholarships can be awarded to meet the limit per school.  For example, an NCAA II school can award 10 women each a 1/2 scholarship and not exceed the limit of 5 per team.   Both Men’s & Women’s bowling are official NAIA sports. 

* Average Athletic Scholarship is the average annual award per athlete for ALL varsity sports sponsored by the specific school. Some athletes receive full awards, some receive partial and many receive none. Additionally some sports within a school may be fully funded, some partially and some sports provide no athletic scholarships. Private schools generally have higher tuition than public schools and the average award will reflect this.

Listing of all US Colleges sponsoring varsity Bowling teams:

Hover over individual states on the map below to see how many schools sponsor varsity Bowling programs. The table following the map has information on each sponsoring school and links to all 219 team sites.

 

Schools sponsoring varsity Bowling teams 2024-25

US Colleges with Varsity Bowling teams
2024-25
City / CampusStateDivisionTeams
Alabama A & M UniversityNormalALNCAA IW
Alabama State UniversityMontgomeryALNCAA IW
Stillman CollegeTuscaloosaALNAIAM/W
University of Alabama BirminghamBirminghamALNCAA IW
University of MobileMobileALNAIAM/W
Arkansas State UniversityJonesboroARNCAA IW
Sacred Heart UniversityFairfieldCTNCAA IW
Howard UniversityWashingtonDCNCAA IW
Delaware State UniversityDoverDENCAA IW
Wilmington UniversityNew CastleDENCAA IIW
Florida A & M UniversityTallahasseeFLNCAA IW
St Thomas UniversityMiami GardensFLNAIAW
Webber International UniversityBabson ParkFLNAIAM/W
Emmanuel CollegeFranklin SpringsGANCAA IIM/W
Savannah College of Art & DesignSavannahGANAIAM/W
Savannah College of Art & DesignAtlantaGANAIAM/W
Clarke UniversityDubuqueIANAIAM/W
Coe College (USBC)Cedar RapidsIANCAA IIIM/W
Grand View UniversityDes MoinesIANAIAM/W
Hawkeye Community CollegeWaterlooIANJCAAM/W
Iowa Central CCFort DodgeIANJCAAM/W
Iowa Western CCCouncil BluffsIANJCAAM/W
Morningside CollegeSioux CityIANAIAM/W
Mount Mercy UniversityCedar RapidsIANAIAM/W
Saint Ambrose UniversityDavenportIANAIAM/W
Upper Iowa UniversityFayetteIANCAA IIM/W
Waldorf UniversityForest CityIANAIAM/W
Wartburg CollegeWaverlyIANCAA IIIM/W
William Penn UniversityOskaloosaIANAIAM/W
Augustana CollegeRock IslandILNCAA IIIW
Aurora UniversityAuroraILNCAA IIIW
Dominican UniversityRiver ForestILNCAA IIIW
Elmhurst CollegeElmhurstILNCAA IIIW
Highland Community CollegeFreeportILNJCAAM/W
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomingtonILNCAA IIIW
Judson UniversityElginILNAIAM/W
Kishwaukee CollegeMaltaILNJCAAM/W
Lewis UniversityRomeovilleILNCAA IIM/W
McKendree UniversityLebanonILNCAA IIM/W
North Central CollegeNapervilleILNCAA IIIW
Quincy UniversityQuincyILNCAA IIM/W
Rock Valley CollegeRockfordILNJCAAM/W
Roosevelt UniversityChicagoILNAIAM/W
Saint Xavier UniversityChicagoILNAIAM/W
University of St FrancisJolietILNAIAM/W
Ancilla CollegeDonaldsonINNJCAAM/W
Bethel CollegeMishawakaINNAIAM/W
Calumet College of Saint JosephWhitingINNAIAM/W
Grace CollegeWinona LakeINNAIAM/W
Huntington UniversityHuntingtonINNAIAM/W
Indiana Institute of TechnologyFort WayneINNAIAM/W
Indiana Wesleyan UniversityMarionINNAIAM/W
Marian UniversityIndianapolisINNAIAM/W
Valparaiso UniversityValparaisoINNCAA IW
Vincennes UniversityVincennesINNJCAAM
Baker UniversityBaldwin CityKSNAIAW
Barton County CCGreat BendKSNJCAAM/W
Kansas Wesleyan UniversitySalinaKSNAIAM/W
Newman UniversityWichitaKSNCAA IIM/W
Ottawa UniversityOttawaKSNAIAM/W
University of Saint MaryLeavenworthKSNAIAM/W
Campbellsville UniversityCampbellsvilleKYNAIAM/W
Campbellsville University HarrodsburgHarrodsburgKYNCCAAM/W
Kentucky Wesleyan CollegeOwensboroKYNCAA IIM/W
Lindsey Wilson CollegeColumbiaKYNAIAM/W
Midway UniversityMidwayKYNAIAM/W
Spalding UniversityLouisvilleKYNCAA IIIW
Thomas More UniversityCrestview HillsKYNCAA IIM/W
Union CollegeBarbourvilleKYNAIAM/W
University of PikevillePikevilleKYNAIAM/W
University of the CumberlandsWilliamsburgKYNAIAM/W
Grambling State UniversityGramblingLANCAA IW
Louisiana Tech UniversityRustonLANCAA IW
Southern University Baton RougeLANCAA IW
Tulane University New OrleansLANCAA IW
Merrimack CollegeNorth AndoverMANCAA IW
Bowie State UniversityBowieMDNCAA IIW
Coppin State UniversityBaltimoreMDNCAA IW
Morgan State UniversityBaltimoreMDNCAA IW
Mount St Mary's UniversityEmmitsburgMDNCAA IW
University of Maryland Eastern ShorePrincess AnneMDNCAA IW
University of Maine at AugustaAugustaMEUSCAAM/W
Adrian CollegeAdrianMINCAA IIIM/W
Alma CollegeAlmaMINCAA IIIW
Aquinas CollegeGrand RapidsMINAIAM/W
Cleary UniversityHowellMINAIAM/W
Concordia University-Ann ArborAnn ArborMINAIAM/W
Cornerstone UniversityGrand RapidsMINAIAM/W
Glen Oaks CCCentrevilleMINJCAAM/W
Jackson CollegeJacksonMINJCAAM/W
Kellogg Community CollegeBattle CreekMINJCAAM/W
Kirtland Community CollegeRoscommonMINJCAAM/W
Lawrence Technological UniversitySouthfieldMINAIAM/W
Madonna UniversityLivoniaMINAIAM/W
Mid Michigan CollegeHarrisonMINJCAAM/W
Muskegon Community CollegeMuskegonMINJCAAM/W
Olivet CollegeOlivetMINCAA IIIM/W
Rochester CollegeRochester HillsMINAIAM/W
Schoolcraft CollegeLivoniaMINJCAAM/W
Siena Heights UniversityAdrianMINAIAM/W
Spring Arbor UniversitySpring ArborMINAIAM/W
St Clair County CCPort HuronMINJCAAM/W
University of Michigan-DearbornDearbornMINAIAM/W
Wayne County CC DetroitMINJCAAM/W
Avila UniversityKansas CityMONAIAM/W
Central Methodist UniversityFayetteMONAIAM/W
Columbia CollegeColumbiaMONAIAW
Culver-Stockton CollegeCantonMONAIAM/W
Maryville University of Saint LouisSaint LouisMONCAA IIW
Missouri Baptist UniversitySaint LouisMONAIAM/W
Missouri Valley CollegeMarshallMONAIAM
University of Central MissouriWarrensburgMONCAA IIW
University of Health Sci & Pharmacy Saint LouisMONAIAM/W
William Woods UniversityFultonMONAIAM/W
Blue Mountain CollegeBlue MountainMSNAIAM/W
Jackson State UniversityJacksonMSNCAA IW
Belmont Abbey CollegeBelmontNCNCAA IIM/W
Chowan UniversityMurfreesboroNCNCAA IIW
Elizabeth City State UniversityElizabeth CityNCNCAA IIW
Fayetteville State UniversityFayettevilleNCNCAA IIW
Johnson C. Smith UniversityCharlotteNCNCAA IIW
Livingstone CollegeSalisburyNCNCAA IIW
North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboroNCNCAA IW
Shaw UniversityRaleighNCNCAA IIW
College of Saint MaryOmahaNENAIAW
Hastings CollegeHastingsNENAIAM/W
Midland UniversityFremontNENAIAM/W
Peru State CollegePeruNENAIAM/W
University of NebraskaLincolnNENCAA IW
Saint Anselm CollegeManchesterNHNCAA IIW
Bloomfield CollegeBloomfieldNJNCAA IIW
Caldwell UniversityCaldwellNJNCAA IIW
Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityTeaneckNJNCAA IW
Felician UniversityRutherfordNJNCAA IIW
Monmouth UniversityWest Long BranchNJNCAA IW
New Jersey City UniversityJersey CityNJNCAA IIIW
Adelphi UniversityGarden CityNYNCAA IIW
Daemen CollegeAmherstNYNCAA IIW
Dominican College (2023-24)OrangeburgNYNCAA IIW
D'Youville CollegeBuffaloNYNCAA IIW
Erie Community CollegeBuffaloNYNJCAAM/W
Fulton-Montgomery CCJohnstownNYNJCAAM/W
Herkimer CollegeHerkimerNYNJCAAM/W
Hilbert CollegeHamburgNYNCAA IIIW
Hobart William Smith CollegesGenevaNYNCAA IIIW
Hudson Valley CCTroyNYNJCAAM/W
Long Island UniversityBrooklynNYNCAA IW
Medaille CollegeBuffaloNYNCAA IIIW
Mohawk Valley CCUticaNYNJCAAM/W
Molloy CollegeRockville CentreNYNCAA IIW
Nassau Community CollegeGarden CityNYNJCAAM/W
Paul Smith's College Paul SmithsNYUSCAAM/W
Roberts Wesleyan CollegeRochesterNYNCAA IIW
Schenectady County CCSchenectadyNYNJCAAM/W
St Francis CollegeBrooklyn HeightsNYNCAA IW
St. Thomas Aquinas CollegeSparkillNYNCAA IIW
Suffolk County CCSeldenNYNJCAAM/W
Wagner CollegeStaten IslandNYNCAA IW
Westchester Community CollegeValhallaNYNJCAAM/W
Ashland UniversityAshlandOHNCAA IIM/W
Baldwin Wallace UniversityBereaOHNCAA IIIM/W
Kent State Univ at TuscarawasNew PhiladelphiaOHUSCAAW
Lourdes UniversitySylvaniaOHNAIAM/W
Mount Vernon Nazarene UniversityMount VernonOHNAIAM/W
Muskingum UniversityNew ConcordOHNCAA IIIM/W
Ohio Northern UniversityAdaOHNCAA IIIM/W
Shawnee State UniversityPortsmouthOHNAIAM/W
Univ of Northwestern OhioLimaOHNAIAM/W
University of Rio GrandeRio GrandeOHNAIAM/W
Ursuline CollegePepper PikeOHNCAA IIW
Walsh UniversityNorth CantonOHNCAA IIM/W
Wittenberg UniversitySpringfieldOHNCAA IIIW
Wright State UniversityDaytonOHNCAA IW
Youngstown State UniversityYoungstownOHNCAA IW
Southern Nazarene UniversityBethanyOKNCAA IIM/W
Alvernia UniversityReadingPANCAA IIIW
CC of Allegheny CountyPittsburghPANJCAAM/W
Chestnut Hill CollegePhiladelphiaPANCAA IIW
Duquesne UniversityPittsburghPANCAA IW
Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphiaPANCAA IIW
Kutztown University KutztownPANCAA IIW
La Roche CollegePittsburghPANCAA IIIW
Mercyhurst UniversityEriePANCAA IIW
Mount Aloysius CollegeCressonPANCAA IIIW
Penn State - AltoonaAltoonaPANCAA IIIW
Penn State - Erie-Behrend CollegeEriePANCAA IIIW
Pennsylvania Highlands CCJohnstownPANJCAAM/W
Saint Francis UniversityLorettoPANCAA IW
Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobePANCAA IIIW
University of Pittsburgh-BradfordBradfordPANCAA IIIW
University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgGreensburgPANCAA IIIW
Westmoreland County CCYoungwoodPANJCAAM/W
Bryant UniversitySmithfieldRINCAA IW
Bethel UniversityMcKenzieTNNAIAM/W
Cumberland UniversityLebanonTNNAIAM/W
Lincoln Memorial UniversityHarrogateTNNCAA IIM/W
Milligan CollegeJohnson CityTNNAIAM/W
Tennessee Wesleyan CollegeAthensTNNAIAM/W
Tusculum CollegeGreenevilleTNNCAA IIM/W
University of Tennessee-SouthernPulaskiTNNAIAM/W
Vanderbilt UniversityNashvilleTNNCAA IW
Jarvis Christian UniversityHawkinsTXNAIAM/W
Prairie View A & M UniversityPrairie ViewTXNCAA IW
Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsvilleTXNCAA IW
Stephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdochesTXNCAA IW
Texas Southern UniversityHoustonTXNCAA IW
Norfolk State UniversityNorfolkVANCAA IW
Virginia State UniversityPetersburgVANCAA IIW
Virginia Union UniversityRichmondVANCAA IIW
Bryant & Stratton CollegeWauwatosaWINJCAAM/W
Carroll UniversityWaukeshaWINCAA IIIW
Carthage CollegeKenoshaWINCAA IIIW
Lakeland UniversityPlymouthWINCAA IIIM/W
Marian UniversityFond Du LacWINCAA IIIW
Milwaukee School of EngineeringMilwaukeeWINCAA IIIW
Univ of Wisconsin- WhitewaterWhitewaterWINCAA IIIW
Viterbo UniversityLa CrosseWINAIAM/W
Bluefield State UniversityBluefieldWVNCAA IIW